Antibiotic resistance continues to push modern medicine into dangerous territory. In hospitals around the world, infections ...

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown has visitor restrictions in place for patients on Unit 8 due to an outbreak of the “superbug” MRSA. Health P.E.I. said a higher than normal number of ...

In a new study, researchers show how so‑called TriPcides can target the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, including antibiotic‑resistant strains such as MRSA. The compounds disrupt the bacteria's ...

Imaging aided in diagnosing a man with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria and a spinal infection likely caused by a dental infection. The case report was published on December ...

During the COVID pandemic, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in acute care hospitals rose steeply, despite a decrease of infections before the pandemic, the Society for ...

CHICAGO (Reuters Health) - A Canadian study of people with inflammatory bowel disease shows that they are more likely to become infected with the "superbug" MRSA -- ie, methicillin-resistant ...

How widespread are community-acquired infections due to emerging methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains, and are these strains responsible for changes in the clinical spectrum of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The clustering suggests “that transmission resulted from a mix of community spread and health care exposures ...

Deaths from Staphylococcus aureus–associated lower respiratory tract infections tripled from 1990 to 2021 worldwide.

Endocarditis can be a life threatening complication of MRSA in which the infection causes inflammation in the lining of the heart, and its valves and chambers. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Studies showed that bed bugs could acquire MRSA both externally on the cuticle surface as well as internally ...

"MRSA can be part of normal body flora, but it can lead to infection when immune systems are compromised, especially in people who are hospitalized, have underlying disease, or after antibiotic use," ...